SOLUTION: "Write an equation to represent the stated relationship among integers." There are four consecutive integers. Three times the greatest is six more that the sum of the other thre

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Question 318340: "Write an equation to represent the stated relationship among integers."
There are four consecutive integers. Three times the greatest is six more that the sum of the other three.
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Let represent the first of four consecutive integers. Then the other three are: , , and

Three times the greatest is:

The sum of the other three:

So:


Simplified:



From which we can see that the stated relationship is valid for ALL integers.

John